Re: Negation?

FFlores wrote:

> Most hispanohablantes will be probably laugh at me if I told
> them it was the separate word _mente_ in an idiomatic phrase.
In that case, ask sweetly why the preceding adjective is always
in the feminine form....  The stress pattern is also a good
clue.

--
        John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan      cowan@ccil.org
Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! / Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau,
Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau / Und trank die Milch vom Paradies.
                        -- Coleridge / Politzer